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This came through to me via Alex Saviuk, who received this message from '80s and '90s inker Jim Sanders II. Jim inked many artists during a lengthy career at both Marvel and DC Comics, as well some independent publishers. Jim is probably best known as being one of the few inkers that worked over Todd McFarlane's pencils when the latter started at Marvel drawing the Incredible Hulk, as well as working with Ron Lim, Erik Larsen and a host of other. But sadly, in an all too familiar story, Jim has fallen on very hard times, as you'll read and is in need of assistance. As if things weren't bad enough, Jim has had to as had face a parents worst nightmare and bury his daughter, so anything you can give will be greatly appreciated. If you can give, then please, do give. Help a man out who has brought delight and joy to the comic book world. And if you know Todd McFarlane, let him know that one of his inkers needs some help. A McFarlane sketch or, heaven forbid, a…

It
started with a standard FBI memo, issued to all law enforcement agencies across
America, and signed by J. Edgar Hoover.
Hoover loved his memos almost as much as he loved scaring the general
population and collating data on people via index cards and secret files – the
amount of files that have been released in recent years is a mere teardrop in
the ocean. For example, the FBI claim
that they have no files at all relating to crime comics or the infamous Senate
Hearings into Juvenile Delinquency, and, if you believe them, then you’re more
gullible than most. The bulk of Hoovers
memos regarding comic books and their effect upon the youth of America went
unchallenged, but one publisher stood up and took the FBI, and Hoover to task –
John Goldwater, the publisher and co-founder of MJL, and best known for
publishing Archie Comics.

In
the early 1950s, Goldwater was instrumental in the formation of the Comics
Magazine Association of America, the organisation who established the Comics
C…